Dictionary

Global Positioning Systems - Sometimes referred to as GPS.

Scoring Rubric - How the wiki will be scored under three categories.

Triangulation - A technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points.


Synchronize - To cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another.


Pseudo Random Code - An I.D. code that identifies which satellite is transmitting information.


Almanac Data - Data that describes the orbital courses of the satellites.


Gigabytes - How much memory it can hold.

Ephemeris Data - Data that tells the GPS receiver where each GPS satellite should be at any time throughout the day.